The word liar…in the case of the missing books
The word liar is thrown around a lot these days and I'm going to use it yet again tonight (perhaps inappropriately)
Monash, my fabulous tertiary educator, have stuffed up materials yet again. This time, the lecturer in charge, Shane Moore (who is one of the few good blokes at Monash), was furious with those in charge - and rightly so, its hard for students to study when the materials you promise them never show up (sound familiar?)
Eventually the material showed up, before the third week so it wasn't a disaster. Execpt, well, not all of the materials showed up.
The materials consist of three parts, a CDRom (UML software), the Study Guide, and the Reader. Of the three, the Reader didn't arrive.
Another student, quiet angry and stressed with the situation, blasted away asking for answers to where his reader was. I piped up that I still hadn't recieved mine, and shortly after Shane responded with the details of the despatch unit so we could chase it up.
It turns out Shane did a bit more than that, and actually chased it up for me a little, to see where my materials were.
Shane shot off an email to me
"According to Despatch, they sent all 3 items to you on 18th July"
I'm believe Shane in thats what they told him, but the hilarious thing is, in the 'Unit Packing Note' (the little slip that goes into everything Monash send out to you - material wise), it has the reader highlighted and "TO FOLLOW" stamped on it.
This is typical of Despatch, who last semester told one of my lecturers they'd be in touch with me immediately when the materials were dispatched. They never contacted me, because funnily enough, the materials were never dispatched for that unit.